PDP Suspends Former Anambra Chairman For 4yrs

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the former chairman of the party in Anambra State, Ken Emeakayi for a period of four years.

This was announced by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dayo Adeyeye, in Abuja on Thursday.

Adeyeye, in the statement recalled that Emeakayi was in August, suspended by the party’s National Caretaker Committee for a month over alleged act of indiscipline.

His suspension came after the party on July 27 dissolved the parallel PDP exco in Anambra.

But Emeakayi, three days after the dissolution, went ahead to summon a meeting of his faction, which was in clear violation of the decision of NCC.

The statement said when the committee heard about the development, it issued a query to Emeakayi on his action, and that rather than respond to the issue, the chieftain disparaged the national leadership of the party.

“His reply not only showed total disrespect to the National Caretaker Committee, he disparaged the personality of the chairman and the secretary.

“He issued words of abuse totally unbecoming of a person who claim to be holding an important office as chairman of a state party.

“We found this to be gross indiscipline. And today we took a decision on this matter in accordance with the provisions of our constitution.

“So, the National Caretaker Committee at its meeting today took cognisance of the violation of the Provision of Section 58 (1A, B, C, G, H, I, J, M) of the PDP Constitution 2012 (as amended) by Chief Ken Emeakayi.

“We took a decision to immediately suspend him for a period of one month, in accordance with Section 57 (3) of the PDP Constitution 2012 (as amended).

“It is also to send a signal to all party members and trouble makers all over the country that those who decide to `trouble Israel’ will not find peace themselves.

“We will henceforth not condone any act of indiscipline,” the statement read.